i forgot to show you the invitations last week – here’s a little instagram pic for you!

when each of the girls arrived, we let them choose their own color smock. my mom and i made these last minute and i am so happy we did them! the heart pockets were my favorite detail.

this is such a fun age! all the girls were all for participating: from wearing the smocks, to taking silly pictures, to doing the art lesson. i have a bunch of yardage of this great yellow chevron fabric because i’m going to make my newest nephew’s bedding soon. i hung it up on a wall in the playroom and let the girls be as goofy as they wanted. they all had a lot of fun with their little photo shoot!

for the first time ever, i hired out for this party. and it was soooo worth it! allysa, the teacher, came in and brought all the supplies and had everything set up for each little artist. she was so great with each of the girls and encouraged them to be creative with their projects – sea horses!

and of course, there was cake. i know everyone has done a rainbow cake, but i loved it! thanks again to jeannett for all your guidance!

This is perhaps the MOST RAD party I have ever seen for kids. This is like my childhood DREAM birthday party! I can only hope that someday one of my kids is as crazy about art as I am. This is awesome, and you’ve made memories for your daughter that she will treasure always. So so amazing!

LOVE LOVE LOVE Maybe I have been living under a rock, but that it the first rainbow cake I have seen. I love it!! Can you give some quick details on how you did it?????? (Pretty please) I have to do this for my daughter!!!

Could this be any more fun???? You are too much… in all seriousness, you are giving your children such a gift. Not just fabulous invites or out-of-this-world fun party activities… you are showering them in love, confirming to them they are a gift to you from our heavenly Father! So sweet.

How awesome this party must have been! If you ever have an adult art party, call me. I’d make a trip up for a party like that. The smocks, the art, ALLYSA!!! How fun! I was not a creative mom, but at least my kids were okay with that. :)

Love the birthday party idea!! Just to give you a little more encouragement (I know you must get a ton!) I have one of you notebook covers and LOVE it! I get compliments on it all the time! Also, im dying for one of your bloombags! I just never seem to get to your shop when they’re not sold!

I would love info on the rainbow cake, too! Apparently they haven’t made their way to the South yet because I’ve never seen one and we frequent lots of birthday parties! :) Your art party is amazing! I’d love to do that for my son next year.

what a great party. my little 9 year old LOVES art, so this is such a great idea. I also stole your balloon idea for my son’s 4 year birthday last sunday. i did the tape thing before you responded.
and whats your name on instagram??? mine is crewmom4 if you want to follow.

Hi Lindsay! I have stalked these two art party posts for the last few months and must admit (bashfully) that I totally copied your theme and ideas for my daughter’s second birthday. It was a little less structured, I had to do a few things different for toddlers obviously but I still wanted to thank you for sharing this idea (as well as all your other wonderfully creative ones.) They bring GREAT help to the non-creative like myself!! Everyone LOVED it and I continued to reference you and your blog the entire party as credit!! :) My daughter is so into coloring and painting and it was the perfect thing for her. I’m doing a post to recap today so I just wanted to make sure that was ok to link back to you and share all that we did th. My blog is private so I guess you can’t see unless you want to register (I’d like that actually! :) ) but I did want to let you know anyway and thank you here! :) Have a great day!

I LOVED this party idea so much I used a lot of your ideas for my daughter’s 4th birthday last weekend. Thank you so much for the inspiration. You are so very talented!!! I’m sharing your blog with everyone =)

I just wanted to leave you a note to let you know that your post is STILL floating around Pinterest and is still quite popular! Your posts have helped me with my son’s first birthday. Thank you so much!! :)

This is the cutest artist party. My daughter (turning 7 next month) and I were walking through the craft section at Walmart when we thought of having an artist party. Your ideas are fabulous! I, too, am wondering about the smocks you made. I would love to see a post for this. It looks pretty simple, but I am challenged! Thank you so much for posting this party!!!!!!!!